Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery

  2. reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

rod, stick, cane, pole, club, line

On
ボウ
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1455 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 31

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-4-8SKIP code
4a8.20The Kanji Dictionary
4595.3Four corner code
1855deroo
68d2Unicode hex code
1-43-32JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2302Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2750New Nelson (John Haig)
983New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1237Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
671Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
894Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1575Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1697Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1424A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1623Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1121Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14929Morohashi
975A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1543Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1645Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
636Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
987henshall3
956Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
988Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1105Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1589Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bang4Pinyin reading
bong, bangKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
31WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

read

Kun
よ.む-よ.み
On
ドクトクトウ
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
618 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Used in names as

よみ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-7-7SKIP code
7a7.9The Kanji Dictionary
0461.2Four corner code
3057deroo
8aadUnicode hex code
1-38-41JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4375Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5629New Nelson (John Haig)
1541New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1943Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1038Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1401Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
348Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
372Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
484A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2142Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
55Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35580PMorohashi
189A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
244Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
244Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
123sakade
88Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
206henshall3
233Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
323crowley
180Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.10busy_people
1689Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
354Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
du2, dou4Pinyin reading
dog, duKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level